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Dutch
Etymology
From klank (“sound”) + nabootsing (“imitation”).
Pronunciation
Noun
klanknabootsing f (plural klanknabootsingen, diminutive klanknabootsingetje n or klanknabootsinkje n)
- a sound-imitation
De papegaai heeft een natuurlijke aanleg voor klanknabootsingen- The parrot is naturally gifted for sound-imitations
- (linguistics) an onomatopoeia; a word which developed out of sound-imitation
Woorden als "koekoek" en "tsjilpen" zijn klanknabootsingen- Words like "cuckoo" and "chirp" are onomatopoeiae